Market Reverses Early Losses

The stock market staged its own version of March Madness yesterday, including a big comeback that left investors happy for the day but inspired little certainty about what will happen next.

Hurt by an overnight round of overseas selling, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened lower. In the middle of the day, it dipped below 12000 for the first time in more than four months and was off more than 136 points at its intraday low.